Delay Pros Child Sex Abuse Omclj: C C (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199282289)

Child sexual abuse prosecutions are often brought following a substantial delay of some years after the alleged abuse. This delay poses a variety of problems for the prosecutions. The book will examine the problems associated with criminal prosecutions commenced many years after the abusive incidents were alleged to have occurred, the response of the criminal justice system to such cases, and how the system should respond in order to ensure that the defendant receives a fair trial, while recognising the reasons why complainants may delay reporting abuse for many years.

Author: Penney Lewis
ISBN-10: 0199282285
ISBN-13: 9780199282289
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2006
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.68w x 0.82d